This paper proposes a D-type optical fiber local surface plasmon resonance biosensor based on graphene-gold nanowires-graphene sensitization. In this paper, the modal characteristics of three sensor models are analyzed by the full vector finite element method (FEM). Their simulation results are compared, which shows that the sensitivity of the sensor designed in this paper is better than that of the other two models. When the external refractive index is 1.33-1.40, the maximum sensitivity of the sensor designed is 7383.79 nm/RIU. The average sensitivity is 4136 nm/RIU.
A low cost and easily fabricated plastic optical fiber (POF) displacement sensor is presented. The sensor is based on the macrobending POF with a V-groove structure fabricated by a simple die-press-print method, which is easy to implement and effectively reduces the complexity of the fabrication process. The intensity modulation method is adopted for displacement sensing, which lowers the sensor system’s cost and complexity. Experiments are carried out to investigate the influence of the structural parameters on the displacement sensing performance and the proposed POF probe is optimized by changing the structure parameters. Results showed that when the V-groove structure depth is 200 μm, the length is 22 mm, the angle is 60 deg, the pitch is 2 mm, and the macrobending radius of the POF probe is 15 mm, the highest sensitivity could reach to 3.19 × 10 − 2 / mm with the measurement range of 18 mm.
The plastic optical fiber (POF) with a multi-notched structure was used for liquid level measurement. The multi-notched structure was fabricated on the POFs by a die-press-print method. When the notched structure was immerged by the liquid, the transmitted light power of the POF probe could be changed. So, this can be used as a liquid level sensor. The influence of the structure parameters on the sensor performances was investigated experimentally. Experimental results show that the sensitivity can reach to 0.0457/mm with a resolution of 1 mm, and the sensor resolution is flexible. The sensor is simple structure and easy fabrication, and it is a low cost solution for the liquid level measurement.
A new kind of tunable multi-channel wavelength demultiplexer (WDM) based on metal-insulator-metal (MIM) plasmonic nanodisk resonators with a metal block is proposed. The transmission properties of such structure are simulated by the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method, and the eignwavelengths of the disc resonator are calculated theoretically. It is found that the transmission characteristics of the filter can be easily adjusted by changing the geometrical parameters of the metal block of the nanodisk. The multi-channel WDM structure consisting of a plasmonic waveguide and several nanodisk resonators with metal block, by changing the parameter of metal block of nanodisk resonators, the filter shows the resonant mode filter function. Basing on this characteristic, a three-port wavelength demultiplexer is designed, which can separate resonant modes inside the nanodisk with high transmission up to 60%. It can find important potential applications in highly integrated optical circuits.
A surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor on an optical fiber endface with metallic rectangular slit array structure is presented. The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method was utilized to study the influence of structural parameters on the transmission spectrum and the refractive index (RI) sensing characteristic based on the two transmission peaks. The proposed sensor is compact and has the potential to be used in biomedical applications, having two transmission peaks with a sensitivity of 1209 and 500 nm per refractive index unit (RIU) respectively.
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